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General Volunteer Meeting – April 7th

Mon, 05 Apr 2010 23:34:21 +0000

8PM at 99 York St

We will be hosting a volunteer meeting for new volunteers to learn about how to get involved in Loving Spoonful and to find out what projects we have on the go. We will be recruiting folks to join the Grow a Row committee and Special Events/Fundraising Committee. We hope to see you there!

Grow a Row Planning Meeting – March 29th

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:10:39 +0000

7PM – at St Vincent de Paul (85A Stephen St)

We want to start planning the 2010 Grow a Row campaign and are looking for many people to join us! The GROW A ROW COMMITTEE will work with Susan to coordinate all aspects of the Grow a Row Campaign including but not limited to: producing promotional materials to circulate in the community, arranging public displays in different locations in town, outreaching to community organizations and groups to sign up to “grow a row” in their gardens, contacting media for publicity, working out logistics of drop off points, collecting produce throughout the summer and fall, organizing an end of season celebration and thank you to all individuals and organizations who contributed to the 2010 campaign.

For more information about Grow a Row in Canada please visit: http://www.growarow.org/

If you can’t make the meeting though would like to get involved, please contact us!

Volunteer Meeting

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:20:23 +0000

Wednesday August 12th, 5:30pm at 99 York St.

Hello to new and established volunteers!

Come to a Loving Spoonful Volunteer Planning and Orientation Meeting; Find out what’s going on at Loving Spoonful and how you can help. We will be talking about volunteer opportunities including:

Scheduled Food Pick up and Distribution
Farmers Market
Grow a Row
Gardening at the ACORN Garden
Upcoming special events
and more!

We welcome your ideas and your involvement.

Meet and Greet and Work and Eat

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:43:33 +0000

Join us on Tuesdays from 4-8pm each week at the Oak Street Garden (weather permitting) to hang out, share some food, find out what’s going on in other plots and even do some gardening. This is a great chance for volunteers to see what is going on and to find some work to do. For more information please contact ashlie[at]lovingspoonful.org.

See you there!

Grow a Row and Oak Street Garden Launch!

Wed, 27 May 2009 14:32:01 +0000

When: Sunday June 7th, 2009
Where: Oak Street Garden – where Victoria St meets Oak Street
Time: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Grow a Row in collaboration with the Oak St Garden are hosting a celebration of the new growing season! Come and learn more about Grow a Row and community gardening, and help us plant the Acorn Donation Garden – a 500 Sq Ft garden plot designated for growing food for donation to meal programs in Kingston.

Everyone is welcome!

Work Bee at Oak St Garden

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 03:20:30 +0000

Weather permitting, we will be working in the Oak St. Garden Sunday May 3rd from 9am-2pm. Come one come all! Bring gloves (if you are the glove type) sunscreen, rakes and shovels and wheelbarrows if you have ‘em. Bring friends and family. Snacks and water too. Hope to see you there!

ACORN Garden

Sun, 26 Apr 2009 16:01:11 +0000

Loving Spoonful is helping to host the ACORN Garden at Oak St. Garden.

The ACORN Garden is a family-friendly donation and learning garden at the Oak St Community Garden. It provides a place where everyone can volunteer to help grow food for donation to local meal programs and food banks. It is a great opportunity to learn about growing food, to meet other gardeners, and to share with the community. Experienced gardeners are encouraged to take part and share their knowledge and skills with new gardeners.

Volunteers who help in the ACORN Garden will be encouraged to harvest some of the bounty for themselves. Most of the food grown in the ACORN Garden will be distributed to local meal programs through Loving Spoonful or used in upcoming educational workshops such as Make YOur Own Baby Food and Tomato Canning.

There will be a work bee in the near future, check back for more information soon!

Grow a Row in Kingston this year!

Sun, 12 Apr 2009 13:53:58 +0000

Loving Spoonful is coordinating Kingson Grow a Row this year. Grow a row encourages home gardeners, community gardeners and farmers to plant an extra row of produce and donate their harvest to local emergency food providers including food banks, shelters and emergency meal programs. Grow a Row builds on the tradition of gardeners sharing their bounty with neighbours and friends.
Visit our Grow a Row page for more information.